Comments on: Review: Flash: Rebirth #1 — “Lightning Strikes Twice”

By: Sometimes Your Better Off Dead « BW Media Spotlight

Sometimes Your Better Off Dead « BW Media Spotlight — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:17:05 +0000

[...] Black Flash, which from what I can tell is some kind of Grim Reaper for speedsters. But it’s the changes in Barry’s history that’s got fans a bit [...]

By: Rudra

Rudra — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:20:24 +0000

I’m not really sure i want to follow this storyline. The past Barry had really screw the characteristic of Barry Allen. If.. you remember the movie, the only thing traumatic about being a hero is his brother dead

By: SmartRemarks

SmartRemarks — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:38:59 +0000

Flash: Rebirth—nothing to run around over…

A few months ago, Barry Allen, the original Silver Age Flash, returned from the dead in the pages of Final Crisis. The “how” and “why” of it weren’t really explained. But DC Comics’ editorial poobah Dan DiDio has wri…

By: The Four Color Media Monitor

The Four Color Media Monitor — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:11:39 +0000

Flash’s Rebirth cannot escape darkness…

The Speed Force blog reviews the Rebirth miniseries…

By: Alexrules

Alexrules — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:09:15 +0000

I thought Barry Allen came back to life in an issue of Quasar. I wonder what happened to that ‘character’.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:21:58 +0000

@Chris: Well, he is the fastest man alive. Maybe he grabbed a hot dog, spilled mustard on his shirt, ran home and changed it, all in the time it took Hal to say, “Hey, Barry!”

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:24:13 +0000

Anyone notice Barry’s shirt is white in the first shot and becomes red for the rest of the issue? Anything to that or just a mistake?

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:13:28 +0000

I finally got to read this one last night. Travelling and work and doctors appointments play havoc with trying to read comic books.

Anyway. I liked the issue, and am eager to see the next installment. I started reading Flash during Waid/Augustyn’s run (“Presidential Race” was the first storyline I read) and have been on the title since. So I got a good amount of W/A as well as Johns, plus TFMA (a series which I enjoyed from the start) and Wally’s second run. I got into Barry Allen after I already was a fan of Wally West, reading back issues snagged from discount bins and the first Showcase volume.

Barry’s attitude here reminds me of something I read about the contingency plan to bring Barry back after COIE. I forget which writer had come up with it, but the idea would be that he was snagged from time right before he ran himself to death. Being thus saved, Barry would use ever waking second running as fast as he could to stop as much bad as he could. Definitely the vibe I got from this issue.

Not thrilled with the retcon but we shall see what that brings. Overall, a good issue which hopefully will bring forth many good things for Flash fans.

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:30:29 +0000

I think the villain may be Hunter, indeed. Take a look at Zolomon’s walking stick in Flash Secret Files #3 and elsewhere.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:52:19 +0000

what i really dont like the sound of is the traumatic childhood incident. A great part of the flashes were they got there powers and we inheriently good ppl, who decided to help others.